Stop taking the leaves.

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Once again I'm rudderless as I took my camera in AGAIN to get fixed. The last time the shutter locked and it cost $300. Then it gets back and the previously working flash/hot shoe was not working. I could not fix it right away as it was pretty fall color season but now, it's in dry dock as we're in gloomy gray sleepy season (the season before pretty cold white snowy season).

I felt like I had just left Blake off at the vet as I was walking back to work with only camera strap in my hand. I immediately thought of taking some sort of funny photo . . no wait - DAMN IT!! sigh. I'll take a photo of me crying . . . . no damn it. Stop Stop.
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On the good news front. The beer pipeline is back in operation and I have to get to work on a beer label. I created a Bavarian Hefeweizen, an authentic German-style wheat beer that is light colored and fruity with clove-like spicy notes and it tastes GREAT!

I'm not a big wheat beer fan but had a Sierra Nevada Kellerweis and liked it so much I had to make my own Hefeweizen.

As some of you may know I had some infection problems this summer that have been fixed and a had to pour a good amount of beer down the drain. Some equipment was hiding some nasty foamer bugs. One of my brews already had a label ready for it. My Scottish Ale.


And I would be remiss (I'm not even sure what "remiss" means but it came out so . . . ) if I did not post the label of my always popular Amber label.

Next up is my Award winning Porter (well, it's my best Porter and I gave it a medal) and I'm sure people will like THAT label. I'm experimenting a little and oaking 1 of the 5 gallons with Jack Daniels soaked American oak chips.

Still, I'm having artistic problems with my Hefeweizen - I want to call it a Heffer-weizen but I can not find any cows wearing lederhosen on the net. You would think SOMEWHERE some farmer would have put lederhosen on a cow and taken a photo! Must I do it? I believe I have found a hole in the internet image bank and must somehow exploit it.

I have adubya's One Putt Twelve IPA a week away from giving the thumbs up. Tasted pretty good two weeks ago, a little harsh around the edges but that was expected.

BTW - adubya - I give you shit but I hope you get better.

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Stephan King took my idea about Columbus and made it into a book . . . sort of. His new book "Under the Dome" takes my idea about putting a dome over Columbus (Columbus to get New Glass Dome - March 9th) and tweaked it to be a domed force field where no one can get in or out. My lawyers are looking into how I can exploit Stephan King.

On the "Too Funny" note. The Germain government should have secretly put up a big wall the other night so when the Germain residents woke up there would be a big wall in the middle of Berlin. THAT, would have been funny.

34 years ago, in the middle of the night my mom became deathly cold. She woke up shivering so badly my dad took her to the Fort Atkinson hospital. They ran tests and could not find anything wrong. She slowly got better over the next day or so.

One week later we learned that the Edmund Fitzgerald had sunk with all on board. She had some distant relative on the ship and she became ill at about the same time the Fitz sunk. And we wonder why my great great great grandmother was hung as a witch?

OH - one thing about our new Mayor. During the elections one of his big stomping points was the leaf pick-up situation in Columbus, or lack of. Well, we have been augmenting the area under our deck by trying to make better dirt for a LOT of Sweet William next spring.

I've been putting better dirt, grass clippings and leaves when I can find ONE in that area. My plan was to go to leave piles laying in the street and grab some. BUT NOOOOOOO!! Every freaking time I go to get leaves - THEY ARE GONE!!! DAMN YOU MAYOR BOB!!(insert shaking fist).

And finally - I'm freaking out. This Vendor and Craft Sale is on my nerves! Left Hand Louie had a great idea fora way to hang my canvas images but now I realize, I NEED A CASH BOX. But the sad part is I feel so . . . .weird even thinking I NEED a cash box. It's like if I have one it means I expect to sell something, which I don't. Will having a cash box put a curse on me? Do I need to have cash in it? Where can I get some cash. Maybe I'll just get a big box of money! F&M Bank has money don't they? I wonder if I can borrow a box of money for a day.

Have a nice Tuesday. Remember "V" is on tonight.

Rod